I heart PW

I'll be honest.....

Since we've been living in Lubbock, I've done an enormous a fair amount of online shopping.

Let's face it, the shopping options here just don't measure up to the www.

It's not unusual for us to get a box or two of something a week.

So, yesterday when I saw a little brown box leaning up against the door, I ignored it for a while.

Finally, when I went to get it and realized what it was, I actually gasped and said "YESSSSSSSS!" {am i a dork? yes or yes?}

The surprise?

My very own pre-ordered copy of The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

I'm a huge PW fan, and would have bought her book anyway--despite the fact that I log only as many minutes a week in the kitchen as it takes to prepare a hamburger helper or two.

But, that's one of the reasons I really love her cookbook. There are step by step pictures of what to do to prepare a recipe--just like the cooking section of her website.

It's like "Cooking for Dummies". And when it comes to cooking, I'm definitely a dummy.

But, I have made several recipes from the website that have ALL been delicious.

Potato Wedges--a kid fave around here and staple in our house.

Penne a la Betsy--seriously one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth that I've made.

Those bacon-wrapped club cracker things--let's just say that I made them for a party once and Jeff, me, and the first two guests that showed up were the only ones that got to even taste them. Vanished.

But, besides the cooking/recipe part, the book itself is beautifully put together. There are tons of stories and pictures. I mean I'm actually reading the cookbook (fyi, I'm on page 140) and it's entertaining!

I'm looking forward to the PW book signing in December in Dallas! It will give me a chance to finally be BFFs with PW.....AND work on setting my sister up with Cowboy Josh! :)

Note to reader--I'm just a fan, not a crazy stalker. I realize PW and I will probably never be BFFs.

UNNNNN-LESS.....I really can set up Lulu with Cowboy Josh....